Display box



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Patented Sept. 5, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT vOFFICE 4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in display boxes.

The primary object of .the invention resides in a cardboard box in whichmerchandise may be packed for shipment, and when received and opened bythe retail merchants, the same may be folded to produce a double tierdisplay stand by which the merchandise may be attractively displayed forsale.

Another feature of the invention is to providea cardboard box in which aportion of the box body is swung upon itself to open the box and whichportion is supported upon the top of the box body within the connesthereof for displaying articles or packages originally contained withinthe box to produce a step-back double tier display box.

A further object is the provision of a display box having the abovefeatures which is constructed of a single blank of scored cardboard orthe like, which is easy to set up for use, and rigid when opened todisplay position.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in thecertain novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, theessential features of which are hereinafter fully described, areparticularly pointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the display box in closed position.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional View on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the box in open or display position.

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view.

Figure 6 is a rear elevational view of the box when opened to displayposition.

Figure 7 is a plan view of the blank from which the box is constructed.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, the numeral 10designates a single blank of cardboard or other sti bendable materialfrom blank is of substantially rectangular conguration in plan as seenin Figure 7 of the drawings. The blank 10 is foldable lengthwise on thespaced fold lines 11 and 12 and crosswise on the fold lines 13, 14 and15. Thev above mentioned'fold lines divide the blank into a top wallflap 16, top wall proper 17, top wall ap 18, side wall 19, front wall20, side wall 21, rear wall 22, bottom lock flap 23, botton wall 24,bottom lock flap 25, andl a bottom wall flap 23. Y

The top wall aps 16 and 18 are provided with transverse fold lines 27and 28 which are disposed approximately midway between their-length, thesaid fold lines extending from the free edges .o of the sides of the mpto the longitudinal fold which my display box is constructed, andwhicli- The rear section of the top wall ilap 16 is formed by the foldline 27 and is provided with spaced angularly disposed slits 33 forreceiving the tongues 34 provided onl a locking flap 35 which iscoextensive with one side of the rear wall 22. One corner of the topwall flap 16 is provided with a locking tab 36 for reception in aslit-or slot 37 provided in the front section of the top wall flap 18.The opposite sides of the top wall 17 are free of the adjacent top wallflaps 16 and 18 and is formed by slitting or cutting the blank inwardlyfrom the outer edge of the fold line 11. The top wall 17 is providedwith spaced fold lines 38 and 39, the same being transversely disposedof the top wall while cut from the material between the said fold linesis a display tab 40.

The outer free edge of the top wall 17 is formed with a locking tongue41 for reception in a slot 42 formed in the rear section of the top wallflap 18 when the box is set up and in display position.

Coextensive with the side wall 19 is a fastening iiap 43 which when thebox is in a set up position, is adhesively secured to the inside of the-rear `wall 22 as will be seen by reference to Figure 3 of the drawings.

The front wall 20 is formed with a pair of angularly disposed slots orslits 44 for the reception of the locking tongues 34 of the ap 35 whenthev box is in display position as seen in Figure 6 of the drawings. Thebottom lock flap 23 is provided with a pair of locking tongues 454 forreception in slots or slits 46 provided in the bottom flap 25.

In assembling' the box for use, the same is folded on the fold lines 11and 12, 13, 14, and 15 into substantially rectangular configuration asshown in Figure 1, the ilap 43 being secured to the rear wall 22. Thebottom aps 24 and 26 are folded inwardly in overlapping engagement,after which the bottom ap 25 is folded beneath the same and that in turnisA lapped by the v bottom lock ap 23, the locking tongue 45 beingreceived in ,the slots 46. .The folding so far has produced a box openat its top, and after the held in a closed position by the bending ofthe flap 35 over the ap 16 and inserting the locking tabs or tongues 34into the slots 33. This produces a box in accordance with the positionshown in Figures 1, 2, and 5 of the drawings.

Assume that it is desired to open the box and utilize the same fordisplaying the contents of the same, the flap 35 is separated from theoutert'op flap 16 while the locking ap 36 remains in locked position.The operator then presses upon the tab 32 in the front wall to break.open the box on the scored or weakened lines 29, 30 and 31, whichdivides the rectangular` shaped box into a lower base section A and aclosure section B. After breaking open the box in this manner, theclosure section B is swung backwardly upon the fold lines 27 and 28, andthese fold lines being substantially midway between the ends of the topwall section permits the rearward swinging of the closure section B to aposition where it is within the connes of the walls of the lower basesection A as clearly shown in Figure 3 of the drawings. When swung tothis position, the same is held by inserting the-locking tongues 34 ofthe flap 35 into the slots 44. Thus the two sections A and B are firmlylocked together,

and produces a display box of the double tier type, the upper tier beingstepped back from the lower tier to enable the display of the boxcontents -on\both the upper and lowertier sections. After swinging thesection B back upon the base section A, the inner flap 17 of the topwall is folded on the lines 38 and 39 to produce a vertical upstandingfront wall for the upper tier section B, the said wall being secured invertical position by inserting the locking tongue 41 into the slot 42 ofthe top wall flap 18. The Vdisplay tab 40 is then swung upwardly to aposition coextensive with the rear fold 47, and if desired advertisingindicia 48 may be provided on the tab 40 and the exposed portion of theflap 47.

It has been the practice in constructing display boxes of the multipletier type to swing a portion of the box body beyond the rear wall of thesame, but such construction requires the use of an easel for supportingthe upper tier section in order to rigidly support the box and itsdisplay besides taking up additional space when in such displayposition.

From the foregoing description taken in conjunction 'with theaccompanying drawing, it will be seen that I have provided a box whichwhen broken open is swung to a display position forms a pair ofshelvesor tiers, the upper one being stepped back from the lower andwithin the confines of the lower base section.y That portion of thefrontwall of the box body integral with the base section A after the sectionB has been swung to a display position constitutes a front wall toconfine the articles supported by the lower base section, whereas thewall 47 constitutes a front confining wall/for the articles supported inthe upper tier section B.

While I have shown and described what I deem to be the most desirableembodiment of the invention, I wish it to be understood that suchchanges as come within the scope of the appended claims may be resortedto if desired.A

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, isz- 1. A display boxcomprising a base section, a

closure section hinged to the top of said base section and coactingtherewith when closed to provide a closed container, said closuresection resting upon the top of said base section when fully opened toprovide a double tier display structure, and a collapsible wallstructure within said closure section for folding nat against a wallthereof when said closure section is closed and adapted to extend atright angles to said wall when the closure section is in a raisedposition to provide a front wall therefor.

2. A display box comprising a box body of normally rectangular shapehaving an inner and outer top wall, a fold line'extending transverselyacross the outer top wall of said box body, a continuous score lineextending transversely across the front wall of said box body adjacentthe bottom thereof and across the adjacent side walls and terminating atthe opposite ends of said fold line, the box body adapted to be brokenopen upon the score line to provide a lower base section, and

a section adapted to be swung upon said fold line to an open inverteddisplay position upon the top of the base section to provide an uppersection, the lower portion of the front wall constituting a frontconfining wall for the base section when the upper section is swung toopen display position, and a flap cut and bent from a portion of theinner top wall forming part of the top section, for providing atransversely disposed front display wall for the upper section when thesame is in open display position.

3. A display box comprising a rectangular shaped box body having abottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall and opposed side walls, an innertop wall integral with the front wall, overlapping interlocking flapsintegral with the side walls and foldable inwardly over the inner topwall and constituting an outer top wall, aligned transversely disposedfold lines provided on said flaps and said inner top wall, a continuousscore line extending transversely across the front wall adjacent thebottom thereof and across the adjacent side walls and terminating at theends of said fold lines, the box body adapted to be broken open upon thescore line to provide a lower base section and a section adapted to beswung upon said fold line to an open inverted display position upon thetop of said base section to provide an upper section, and a flap cutfrom the forward portion of said inner top wall and adapted to be bentto a position transversely of and at right angle to said inner top walland extend across to the side walls thereof when said upper section isswung to an open display position and constituting a front confiningwall for the said upper section when in open display position.`

4. A display box comprising a box body having a bottom wall, front wall,rear wall, and opposed side walls, flaps integral with the top of theside walls and folded inwardly to provide a top wall, transverse foldlines provided on said flaps and disposed in register with each other,interlocking means between said flaps to hold the same in closedposition, a continuous score line extending transversely across thefront wall adjacent the bottom thereof andacross the adjacent side wallsand terminating at the respective fold lines, whereby a section of saidbox body may be broken therefrom and swung upon said fold lines to aninverted display position upon the top of the other section, and alocking flap coextensive with the top of said rear wall normally foldedover the top wall, and slots provided in a wall of the broken awaysection to receive said locking flap when said section isin inverteddisplay position for securing the same in such position.

EVELYN G. LEVKOFF.

